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I used to do voluntary work which involved showing Americans (North) around the pubs of Durham. Dere-ham was a stopping off point in between Yurk and Edinbuuuurg.

First time I saw an explanation of Walschaerts was on a series of wall-charts.

Heljan O5's have a plug in buffer plank. Thing is they don't do a matching plank with a filled in coupling hole. It's to provide for different toolings of planks fitted to the same chassis block. To use three links or screws after filling the aperture, I then had to bolt (16BA) the plank to the chassis to stop it pulling off (oh-er missus!) every time it took up load.

That's always been a truism. 🙂

It's not like that on their AB.

Like you, I'm hoping it's not to difficult to separate the entire body from the chassis. Where we differ is, I'm hoping that it comes with 2mm axles so as the wheel centre can be kept in proportion. I suspect it will be a 2mm axle if the cads (I realise there at the very early stages) are anything to go off, but I feel it in my water. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hugh_llewelyn_1310_(6966652794).jpg Depending on the design of the model I suspect Mr High level will be looking at it once he gets the AB chassis sorted.

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Thanks for posting up the images. If the NCB version is based on the prototype I think it is, then its main body colour should be light green not blue. Also should have the square topped sandboxes but I'd guess that would be wishing too much. Rather than No. 8 possibly Jim McIvers ingine, the legendary No.81, may be a better choice. Paint job continually buffed up but only on the one side that faced the NCB Durham & Northumberland H.Q. Lasted in traffic until 1972 and visible at work from the ECML. https://flic.kr/p/2jwhSob

Apologies for the late reply. Just seen your query. There's a few can be seen on the Tippler lines in the Transport age article. There was six (at least) that went to the NYMR. I saw them at Pickering/New Bridge so it would have probably been about the mid 1970's. Photo's of them appeared in "Moors Line". The ICI house magazine had photos of them in the background in photographs that accompanied the trials of the first Janus.

He'd never accounted (or counted) on Humbrol then.

Is that a 5" gauge rivet the geezer on the right has stuffed in his leggings?

I thought it would be something like that. Said in jest. So are the representation of the RIV buffers we see on these samples the same as will be fitted to the production samples? ... and while I'm on (but on a different topic); will the incorrect livery application on the BR/N.E.R. painted ES1 be corrected on the production version? Thanks.

On the back of a Pickfords (BRS) Low Loader? Antar Tank Transporter? Lowmac? In the boot of a Mini? (after Sept, 1959).

Looks like the roof nearest to the tender may be requiring a stronger magnet.

Thanks. The photo's I have in my own collection must be an unrepresentative sample as they show predominantly round cornered windows. Regading the film snow. I always thought the Thompson shown had round windows. Maybe it's my eyes?

Shouldn't most of the maroon versions have rounded corners to the windows? P

As in Felix? (CIA) Yeah, that's it "They don't like it..." (as in Corporal Jones).

And from a few yards further back. A crop from the original, with the numbers showing through. I wonder if Rapido could replicate the sunken rivets? P

Does Yeadons mention its time working in the Notts coalfield when it was fitted with group standard buffers and the number 985 was clearly visible under the paint? Oh! forgot to mention the spark arrester.

Especially if it involves sausage meat. I'll be having a BR green jobby even though they've got the livery wrong.

Hah! Yet another marketing ploy.

Mogadon? Anybody care to take some?

A known marketing ploy. They'll not have done very well then as most suggestions have received a unanimous thumbs down.

Not a bad bit of marketing by Hornby. Got fifteen pages (and counting) worth of free publicity on RMweb for what is a comparatively minor Warley announcment.

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